Domestic violence intro
- Created by: annagaskell
- Created on: 14-02-19 16:59
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- Domestic violence
- an incident or pattern of violence, abuse,controlling behaviour between those 16/over in an intimate relationship regardless of sexuality or gender
- accounts between 1/6 and 1/4 of all violence
- usually men against women
- coleman
- women more likely to experience all types of abuse
- Osborne et al
- marriage legitimates violence
- 2 women are killed every week by partner
- 1/4 women experience domestic violence in their lifetime
- 1/6 men experience it in their lifetime
- children often witness it
- why aren't official stats realistic
- vicitims unwilling to replort it
- police reluctant to report it
- don't want to interfere with private sphere
- see family as a good thing
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